How to Save a Life

by bexie25

Step one you say we need to talk, he walks you say sit down, it's just a talk. He smiles politely back at you. You stare politely right on through. Meeting on a bus, Edward and Bella are immediately attracted to each other but their gloomy, abuse-ridden pasts make them both hesitant to trust anyone. Follow them as Bella learns not only how to save a life, but hers is saved as well.

13. Chapter 12

I'm sending a few out in a block... I may or may not post again while I'm waiting for my neice to wake up

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The next day comes and I let myself sleep in until the time that I had yesterday.

When I wake up, I am feeling… lighter.

Not happier, but… relaxed somehow; a marginal difference from yesterday in the grand scheme of things.

"Bella!" Alice hollers and I open the door to my bedroom.

"Yes Alice?" I ask and she looks at me.

"You're not swearing," she says and I can tell she's confused. "You're not swearing, or running around like a headless chicken."

I chuckle. "No. No I am not."

She frowns. "Why?"

"There's no need to – I want to take that bus," I say, trying to play it down and of course she notices.

"Something happened yesterday," she muses, a finger to her chin. She taps it lightly, trying to figure out the mystery.

I chuckle again. "Nothing happened yesterday."

Nothing much, at least.

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No, not much.

You just met the man of your fucking dreams.

Hahaha... fucking-dreams.

That works.